Legal counterfeit?

Not 1/10 of gold.
Only .24 purity, in this 1/10 oz. Piece, so is approx. 1/40 of an oz. Of gold.
Be Careful when buying bullion !!!

 

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It's on the coin in question. 1/10th oz .24 pure gold. It's bullion like this that I don't buy.

 

I'd buy it in a heartbeat... if I could get it far enough below melt. Melt value today for .024 ozt of gold is about $36. I'd go $25 for this, but probably not $30.

 

I'm with you on that!

 

If you compare the piece to an actual mint product, they are not identical. the Legends and the date switch sides and the devices are a poor rendition of Fraser's original. As long as these "collectables" don't reach the level of the Von Nothaus liberty dollars, the gov't will probably remain unconcerned.

 

These are tribute coins and no more than trinket's, .24 Gold plated. Don"t be Fooled they also advertise Morgan and other coins @ BU. UNC. but no more than cull. BEWARE

 

Then it isn't an EXACT copy, is it.

 

It's not 1/10 oz. gold. It is 24% of a tenth if an ounce or .024 oz of gold.

 

Where does it say that the Sac dollar is copyrighted?

 

If it was 24K chocolate I'd eat it.

 

Right here: https://www.usmint.gov/policies/terms-of-use
It appears that sometimes the coin designer copyrights the design and assigns the rights to the mint, so it is not just the Sac that has copyright protection.

 

I still think it's quite misleading and borderline.

 

You may be looking at it from your point of view. The uneducated person might think differently. I say borderline.

 

Yes very sneaky, I say.

 

Exactly. Back in the mid-1980's there was a company advertising by mail a two-medal set, one was described as .999 fine silver, the other as .99% gold, or literally less than one percent gold. The picture showed them as the same size, so obviously the "gold" one was just the silver one with a heavy gold plating. The price was basically the price of one ounce of gold, implying it was solid gold but not actually saying so.

I tried to take it to the Chicago Postal Inspector to complain, but they said that I could not file a complaint unless I had bought one and been defrauded. Screw that.

A few years later somebody came into the coin shop with a set to sell. I did a specific gravity test on the "gold" one in front of him to prove that it was just silver, and he said "But I thought it was gold!" He and his wife left very disappointed.

 

Sneaky!

 

No one has commented on potential collector value. After the fact that they have no numismatic or content value, could these ever be recognized in the future and has anyone ever seen a similar "marketed product" become desirable?

 

That has a denomination!!--